GRIDIRON DIARY: Glenn looks forward to big season from Wizards

EDITOR’S NOTE: Windsor Now asked Windsor Wizards running back Conner Glenn last week if he would be willing to write an exclusive diary during the 2009 Wizards football season. Conner, a senior running back who is drawing attention from Division I schools, will write down his thoughts and feelings from the previous week and Gridiron Diary will appear on page 3 each Sunday. He’ll talk about school, the team, recruiting, the season and anything else a a high school kid would want to write about. Conner will continue to write in his Gridiron Diary about once a month or so after the season’s over right up until he signs a letter of intent in February. Conner scored three touchdowns and rushed for 252 yards on 15 carries (16.8 yards per carry) in Windsor’s 41-38 season-opening win over Fossil Ridge on Friday night in Windsor. Conner’s 100-yard kickoff return in the fourth quarter sealed the victory for the Wizards.

Welcome to my diary. When I found out that Windsor Now wanted me to do this, I was shocked, but I think it’s a good thing as well.

Anyway, I have been in school for a couple of weeks and have gotten the football season kicked off. We open against a big rival in Fossil Ridge this week.

I’m excited to see what we can do under the lights. At practice, I see a lot of overall speed on our team. Defenders fly to the football, running backs hitting the hole full speed, and quarterbacks and receivers are on the money. We have a lot of talent this year, and I see big things for Windsor High this season.

Anyway, things have been a little crazy, and I am just getting used to the transition between school all day, then hitting football practice afterward.

Offense lifts weights every other day, and I can see my strength increasing, as well as my teammates. We are getting strong, which is important for the game, but there is one thing I see every day that I believe is a huge part of what we do. SPEED. I can see it everywhere. We all worked with a speed coach this summer, and I think it helped some people cover ground quicker than they could before. Personally, I think it helped me out, too. I was running a 40 in the mid 4.5s, but dropped it down to a 4.45 by the end of summer.

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So, one thing that I think is gonna be big this year is that we will be able to use our speed running the rock north and south. I have complete confidence in all my teammates – the line, D line, backers, DBs, QBs, wide outs, everybody. I don’t care what the media says about anyone on our team. The bottom line is we will compete this year, and the goal is to come out on top.

On a lighter note, I have seen some recruiting attention from good schools, but right now my main focus is getting wins for Windsor. I have heard from schools like Colorado, Colorado State, Florida, Florida State, Texas, Texas A&M, Tennessee, Utah, Texas Christian, Kansas State, Washington State, Ohio State, Air Force, Wyoming, Michigan, Illinois, Purdue, Missouri, Alabama, Virginia, Notre Dame and Stanford.

One day, I plan on playing on Saturdays, and hopefully Sundays. It has always been a dream of mine. But that is a long way down the road, so I just need to get work done now to have a good future.

Also, I would like to enter college ball as an athlete (ATH). But I feel DB could be a good spot for me to just use my speed and lock down receivers. I played defensive back for my first time at CU camp this summer and it just felt natural to me. I am physical enough that I can give a hit, but quick enough to read and lock down a receiver. So I would like to probably like to play some DB in college.

For me though, football is an escape from everyday life and problems and issues I deal with sometimes. It’s good to be around my boys and just do some Ballin’ day in and day out. But overall, that’s me for right now.